I have a R/E 8 just post-searing. I've played the "defend the wall" scenarios with others, and I've notice something: My character has crappy equipment.
Well, not crappy, but it certainly isn;t as good as what I see on other characters of comparable level. In particular, I need a *much* better bow than the customized 7-10 longbow I'm carrying at the moment.
So do I need to go gold farming, join a guild, or spend time looking for materials to make a better bow?
And where do I all these fancy armors everyone else seems to be wearing by lvl 8?
Or am I expecting too much from a solo character at this stage of the game?
How to get better equipment?
ChaoticCoyote
dargon
Some people get their guildmates to 'run' them to the point in the game where you can first buy the endgame armor. This armor costs 1.5plat per piece, plus the cost of materials. Once you've gone through the game once you should have enough money to get some yourself, but as a first time player, I recommend not doing this till you get there. Just get the collector items as you go and turn them in for armor upgrades, you can save yourself some money then and still have armor thats balanced for the area you're in.
dansamy
For a bow, you should look into purchasing a low req max dmg bow from another player in Ascalon. If you are cash strapped, you might consider finding an area that you can solo some monsters. It will take a while, but you'll build a little gold fund.
ChaoticCoyote
I'm now R/E 18, with a Level 12 Dune Lizard, in Amnoon, with two high-damage bows (one lightning, another fire) and Druid armor. I just needed to be patient... 
Cymboric Treewalker
Or... get to LA and do the quest to get to Cantha -- then you can have the 1.5K max armor without the run to Droks.
dansamy
Yup. And there's a BUNCH of quests around there that you can do to get to level 2 pretty fast.
Don Zardeone
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Originally Posted by ChaoticCoyote
I'm now R/E 18, with a Level 12 Dune Lizard, in Amnoon, with two high-damage bows (one lightning, another fire) and Druid armor. I just needed to be patient...
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Bow
May I suggest something like this:
Bow
15-28 damage
increased damage 15%^50 or in stance/enchanted, -5 energy or -10 armour
^that's high damage
Now for upgrades. You seem to be using 2 elemental bows. Those are good vs warriors, rather normal vs the rest but very very bad vs other rangers (and ranger monsters)
I would like to suggest:
A vampiric shortbow
A zealous shortbow (not sure if it gives a good benefit)
something that isn't elemental bow
and your elemental bows
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/BowMay I suggest something like this:
Bow
15-28 damage
increased damage 15%^50 or in stance/enchanted, -5 energy or -10 armour
^that's high damage
Now for upgrades. You seem to be using 2 elemental bows. Those are good vs warriors, rather normal vs the rest but very very bad vs other rangers (and ranger monsters)
I would like to suggest:
A vampiric shortbow
A zealous shortbow (not sure if it gives a good benefit)
something that isn't elemental bow
and your elemental bows
ChaoticCoyote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Zardeone
May I suggest something like this:
Bow
15-28 damage
increased damage 15%^50 or in stance/enchanted, -5 energy or -10 armour
^that's high damage Indeed, both my bows fit the description above. One was a gift from a player i helped do a mission, and the other popped out of a chest.
I'm looking for a vampiric bow at the moment...
Bow
15-28 damage
increased damage 15%^50 or in stance/enchanted, -5 energy or -10 armour
^that's high damage Indeed, both my bows fit the description above. One was a gift from a player i helped do a mission, and the other popped out of a chest.
I'm looking for a vampiric bow at the moment...